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Burnetiella alta

Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Burnetia alta was named by Resser (1942). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Burnetiella alta by Westrop et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. ectypa, B. ectypa, B. exilis, B. leechi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Burnetia alta Resser
2010Burnetiella alta Westrop et al. p. 548

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusBurnetiellaLochmann 1958
speciesalta(Resser 1942)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Burnetiella alta Resser 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Franconian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Burnetia alta (8952 9045 9046)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Burnetiella alta (9144 9154 9197)